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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
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config PREEMPT_NONE_BUILD
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bool
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config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_BUILD
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bool
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config PREEMPT_BUILD
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bool
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select PREEMPTION
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select UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK if !ARCH_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
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config ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY
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bool
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choice
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prompt "Preemption Model"
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default PREEMPT_NONE
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config PREEMPT_NONE
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bool "No Forced Preemption (Server)"
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depends on !PREEMPT_RT
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select PREEMPT_NONE_BUILD if !PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
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help
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This is the traditional Linux preemption model, geared towards
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throughput. It will still provide good latencies most of the
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time, but there are no guarantees and occasional longer delays
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are possible.
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Select this option if you are building a kernel for a server or
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scientific/computation system, or if you want to maximize the
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raw processing power of the kernel, irrespective of scheduling
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latencies.
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config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
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bool "Voluntary Kernel Preemption (Desktop)"
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depends on !ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
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depends on !PREEMPT_RT
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select PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_BUILD if !PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
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help
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2005-06-25 21:57:39 +00:00
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This option reduces the latency of the kernel by adding more
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"explicit preemption points" to the kernel code. These new
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preemption points have been selected to reduce the maximum
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latency of rescheduling, providing faster application reactions,
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at the cost of slightly lower throughput.
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This allows reaction to interactive events by allowing a
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low priority process to voluntarily preempt itself even if it
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is in kernel mode executing a system call. This allows
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applications to run more 'smoothly' even when the system is
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under load.
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2005-06-25 21:57:39 +00:00
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Select this if you are building a kernel for a desktop system.
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config PREEMPT
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bool "Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)"
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depends on !ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
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select PREEMPT_BUILD if !PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
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help
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This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making
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all kernel code (that is not executing in a critical section)
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preemptible. This allows reaction to interactive events by
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permitting a low priority process to be preempted involuntarily
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even if it is in kernel mode executing a system call and would
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otherwise not be about to reach a natural preemption point.
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This allows applications to run more 'smoothly' even when the
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system is under load, at the cost of slightly lower throughput
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and a slight runtime overhead to kernel code.
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Select this if you are building a kernel for a desktop or
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embedded system with latency requirements in the milliseconds
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range.
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config PREEMPT_LAZY
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bool "Scheduler controlled preemption model"
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depends on !ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
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depends on ARCH_HAS_PREEMPT_LAZY
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select PREEMPT_BUILD if !PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
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help
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This option provides a scheduler driven preemption model that
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is fundamentally similar to full preemption, but is less
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eager to preempt SCHED_NORMAL tasks in an attempt to
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reduce lock holder preemption and recover some of the performance
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gains seen from using Voluntary preemption.
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endchoice
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config PREEMPT_RT
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bool "Fully Preemptible Kernel (Real-Time)"
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depends on EXPERT && ARCH_SUPPORTS_RT && !COMPILE_TEST
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select PREEMPTION
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help
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This option turns the kernel into a real-time kernel by replacing
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various locking primitives (spinlocks, rwlocks, etc.) with
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preemptible priority-inheritance aware variants, enforcing
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interrupt threading and introducing mechanisms to break up long
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non-preemptible sections. This makes the kernel, except for very
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low level and critical code paths (entry code, scheduler, low
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level interrupt handling) fully preemptible and brings most
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execution contexts under scheduler control.
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Select this if you are building a kernel for systems which
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require real-time guarantees.
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2011-06-07 23:13:27 +00:00
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config PREEMPT_COUNT
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bool
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config PREEMPTION
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bool
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select PREEMPT_COUNT
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config PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
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bool "Preemption behaviour defined on boot"
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depends on HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
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sched/preempt: Add PREEMPT_DYNAMIC using static keys
Where an architecture selects HAVE_STATIC_CALL but not
HAVE_STATIC_CALL_INLINE, each static call has an out-of-line trampoline
which will either branch to a callee or return to the caller.
On such architectures, a number of constraints can conspire to make
those trampolines more complicated and potentially less useful than we'd
like. For example:
* Hardware and software control flow integrity schemes can require the
addition of "landing pad" instructions (e.g. `BTI` for arm64), which
will also be present at the "real" callee.
* Limited branch ranges can require that trampolines generate or load an
address into a register and perform an indirect branch (or at least
have a slow path that does so). This loses some of the benefits of
having a direct branch.
* Interaction with SW CFI schemes can be complicated and fragile, e.g.
requiring that we can recognise idiomatic codegen and remove
indirections understand, at least until clang proves more helpful
mechanisms for dealing with this.
For PREEMPT_DYNAMIC, we don't need the full power of static calls, as we
really only need to enable/disable specific preemption functions. We can
achieve the same effect without a number of the pain points above by
using static keys to fold early returns into the preemption functions
themselves rather than in an out-of-line trampoline, effectively
inlining the trampoline into the start of the function.
For arm64, this results in good code generation. For example, the
dynamic_cond_resched() wrapper looks as follows when enabled. When
disabled, the first `B` is replaced with a `NOP`, resulting in an early
return.
| <dynamic_cond_resched>:
| bti c
| b <dynamic_cond_resched+0x10> // or `nop`
| mov w0, #0x0
| ret
| mrs x0, sp_el0
| ldr x0, [x0, #8]
| cbnz x0, <dynamic_cond_resched+0x8>
| paciasp
| stp x29, x30, [sp, #-16]!
| mov x29, sp
| bl <preempt_schedule_common>
| mov w0, #0x1
| ldp x29, x30, [sp], #16
| autiasp
| ret
... compared to the regular form of the function:
| <__cond_resched>:
| bti c
| mrs x0, sp_el0
| ldr x1, [x0, #8]
| cbz x1, <__cond_resched+0x18>
| mov w0, #0x0
| ret
| paciasp
| stp x29, x30, [sp, #-16]!
| mov x29, sp
| bl <preempt_schedule_common>
| mov w0, #0x1
| ldp x29, x30, [sp], #16
| autiasp
| ret
Any architecture which implements static keys should be able to use this
to implement PREEMPT_DYNAMIC with similar cost to non-inlined static
calls. Since this is likely to have greater overhead than (inlined)
static calls, PREEMPT_DYNAMIC is only defaulted to enabled when
HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_CALL is selected.
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220214165216.2231574-6-mark.rutland@arm.com
2022-02-14 16:52:14 +00:00
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select JUMP_LABEL if HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_KEY
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select PREEMPT_BUILD
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sched/preempt: Add PREEMPT_DYNAMIC using static keys
Where an architecture selects HAVE_STATIC_CALL but not
HAVE_STATIC_CALL_INLINE, each static call has an out-of-line trampoline
which will either branch to a callee or return to the caller.
On such architectures, a number of constraints can conspire to make
those trampolines more complicated and potentially less useful than we'd
like. For example:
* Hardware and software control flow integrity schemes can require the
addition of "landing pad" instructions (e.g. `BTI` for arm64), which
will also be present at the "real" callee.
* Limited branch ranges can require that trampolines generate or load an
address into a register and perform an indirect branch (or at least
have a slow path that does so). This loses some of the benefits of
having a direct branch.
* Interaction with SW CFI schemes can be complicated and fragile, e.g.
requiring that we can recognise idiomatic codegen and remove
indirections understand, at least until clang proves more helpful
mechanisms for dealing with this.
For PREEMPT_DYNAMIC, we don't need the full power of static calls, as we
really only need to enable/disable specific preemption functions. We can
achieve the same effect without a number of the pain points above by
using static keys to fold early returns into the preemption functions
themselves rather than in an out-of-line trampoline, effectively
inlining the trampoline into the start of the function.
For arm64, this results in good code generation. For example, the
dynamic_cond_resched() wrapper looks as follows when enabled. When
disabled, the first `B` is replaced with a `NOP`, resulting in an early
return.
| <dynamic_cond_resched>:
| bti c
| b <dynamic_cond_resched+0x10> // or `nop`
| mov w0, #0x0
| ret
| mrs x0, sp_el0
| ldr x0, [x0, #8]
| cbnz x0, <dynamic_cond_resched+0x8>
| paciasp
| stp x29, x30, [sp, #-16]!
| mov x29, sp
| bl <preempt_schedule_common>
| mov w0, #0x1
| ldp x29, x30, [sp], #16
| autiasp
| ret
... compared to the regular form of the function:
| <__cond_resched>:
| bti c
| mrs x0, sp_el0
| ldr x1, [x0, #8]
| cbz x1, <__cond_resched+0x18>
| mov w0, #0x0
| ret
| paciasp
| stp x29, x30, [sp, #-16]!
| mov x29, sp
| bl <preempt_schedule_common>
| mov w0, #0x1
| ldp x29, x30, [sp], #16
| autiasp
| ret
Any architecture which implements static keys should be able to use this
to implement PREEMPT_DYNAMIC with similar cost to non-inlined static
calls. Since this is likely to have greater overhead than (inlined)
static calls, PREEMPT_DYNAMIC is only defaulted to enabled when
HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_CALL is selected.
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220214165216.2231574-6-mark.rutland@arm.com
2022-02-14 16:52:14 +00:00
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default y if HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_CALL
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help
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This option allows to define the preemption model on the kernel
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command line parameter and thus override the default preemption
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model defined during compile time.
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The feature is primarily interesting for Linux distributions which
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provide a pre-built kernel binary to reduce the number of kernel
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flavors they offer while still offering different usecases.
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The runtime overhead is negligible with HAVE_STATIC_CALL_INLINE enabled
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but if runtime patching is not available for the specific architecture
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then the potential overhead should be considered.
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Interesting if you want the same pre-built kernel should be used for
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both Server and Desktop workloads.
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config SCHED_CORE
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bool "Core Scheduling for SMT"
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depends on SCHED_SMT
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help
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This option permits Core Scheduling, a means of coordinated task
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selection across SMT siblings. When enabled -- see
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prctl(PR_SCHED_CORE) -- task selection ensures that all SMT siblings
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will execute a task from the same 'core group', forcing idle when no
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matching task is found.
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Use of this feature includes:
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- mitigation of some (not all) SMT side channels;
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- limiting SMT interference to improve determinism and/or performance.
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2021-06-28 19:55:16 +00:00
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SCHED_CORE is default disabled. When it is enabled and unused,
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which is the likely usage by Linux distributions, there should
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be no measurable impact on performance.
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sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class
Implement a new scheduler class sched_ext (SCX), which allows scheduling
policies to be implemented as BPF programs to achieve the following:
1. Ease of experimentation and exploration: Enabling rapid iteration of new
scheduling policies.
2. Customization: Building application-specific schedulers which implement
policies that are not applicable to general-purpose schedulers.
3. Rapid scheduler deployments: Non-disruptive swap outs of scheduling
policies in production environments.
sched_ext leverages BPF’s struct_ops feature to define a structure which
exports function callbacks and flags to BPF programs that wish to implement
scheduling policies. The struct_ops structure exported by sched_ext is
struct sched_ext_ops, and is conceptually similar to struct sched_class. The
role of sched_ext is to map the complex sched_class callbacks to the more
simple and ergonomic struct sched_ext_ops callbacks.
For more detailed discussion on the motivations and overview, please refer
to the cover letter.
Later patches will also add several example schedulers and documentation.
This patch implements the minimum core framework to enable implementation of
BPF schedulers. Subsequent patches will gradually add functionalities
including safety guarantee mechanisms, nohz and cgroup support.
include/linux/sched/ext.h defines struct sched_ext_ops. With the comment on
top, each operation should be self-explanatory. The followings are worth
noting:
- Both "sched_ext" and its shorthand "scx" are used. If the identifier
already has "sched" in it, "ext" is used; otherwise, "scx".
- In sched_ext_ops, only .name is mandatory. Every operation is optional and
if omitted a simple but functional default behavior is provided.
- A new policy constant SCHED_EXT is added and a task can select sched_ext
by invoking sched_setscheduler(2) with the new policy constant. However,
if the BPF scheduler is not loaded, SCHED_EXT is the same as SCHED_NORMAL
and the task is scheduled by CFS. When the BPF scheduler is loaded, all
tasks which have the SCHED_EXT policy are switched to sched_ext.
- To bridge the workflow imbalance between the scheduler core and
sched_ext_ops callbacks, sched_ext uses simple FIFOs called dispatch
queues (dsq's). By default, there is one global dsq (SCX_DSQ_GLOBAL), and
one local per-CPU dsq (SCX_DSQ_LOCAL). SCX_DSQ_GLOBAL is provided for
convenience and need not be used by a scheduler that doesn't require it.
SCX_DSQ_LOCAL is the per-CPU FIFO that sched_ext pulls from when putting
the next task on the CPU. The BPF scheduler can manage an arbitrary number
of dsq's using scx_bpf_create_dsq() and scx_bpf_destroy_dsq().
- sched_ext guarantees system integrity no matter what the BPF scheduler
does. To enable this, each task's ownership is tracked through
p->scx.ops_state and all tasks are put on scx_tasks list. The disable path
can always recover and revert all tasks back to CFS. See p->scx.ops_state
and scx_tasks.
- A task is not tied to its rq while enqueued. This decouples CPU selection
from queueing and allows sharing a scheduling queue across an arbitrary
subset of CPUs. This adds some complexities as a task may need to be
bounced between rq's right before it starts executing. See
dispatch_to_local_dsq() and move_task_to_local_dsq().
- One complication that arises from the above weak association between task
and rq is that synchronizing with dequeue() gets complicated as dequeue()
may happen anytime while the task is enqueued and the dispatch path might
need to release the rq lock to transfer the task. Solving this requires a
bit of complexity. See the logic around p->scx.sticky_cpu and
p->scx.ops_qseq.
- Both enable and disable paths are a bit complicated. The enable path
switches all tasks without blocking to avoid issues which can arise from
partially switched states (e.g. the switching task itself being starved).
The disable path can't trust the BPF scheduler at all, so it also has to
guarantee forward progress without blocking. See scx_ops_enable() and
scx_ops_disable_workfn().
- When sched_ext is disabled, static_branches are used to shut down the
entry points from hot paths.
v7: - scx_ops_bypass() was incorrectly and unnecessarily trying to grab
scx_ops_enable_mutex which can lead to deadlocks in the disable path.
Fixed.
- Fixed TASK_DEAD handling bug in scx_ops_enable() path which could lead
to use-after-free.
- Consolidated per-cpu variable usages and other cleanups.
v6: - SCX_NR_ONLINE_OPS replaced with SCX_OPI_*_BEGIN/END so that multiple
groups can be expressed. Later CPU hotplug operations are put into
their own group.
- SCX_OPS_DISABLING state is replaced with the new bypass mechanism
which allows temporarily putting the system into simple FIFO
scheduling mode bypassing the BPF scheduler. In addition to the shut
down path, this will also be used to isolate the BPF scheduler across
PM events. Enabling and disabling the bypass mode requires iterating
all runnable tasks. rq->scx.runnable_list addition is moved from the
later watchdog patch.
- ops.prep_enable() is replaced with ops.init_task() and
ops.enable/disable() are now called whenever the task enters and
leaves sched_ext instead of when the task becomes schedulable on
sched_ext and stops being so. A new operation - ops.exit_task() - is
called when the task stops being schedulable on sched_ext.
- scx_bpf_dispatch() can now be called from ops.select_cpu() too. This
removes the need for communicating local dispatch decision made by
ops.select_cpu() to ops.enqueue() via per-task storage.
SCX_KF_SELECT_CPU is added to support the change.
- SCX_TASK_ENQ_LOCAL which told the BPF scheudler that
scx_select_cpu_dfl() wants the task to be dispatched to the local DSQ
was removed. Instead, scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl() now dispatches directly
if it finds a suitable idle CPU. If such behavior is not desired,
users can use scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl() which returns the verdict in a
bool out param.
- scx_select_cpu_dfl() was mishandling WAKE_SYNC and could end up
queueing many tasks on a local DSQ which makes tasks to execute in
order while other CPUs stay idle which made some hackbench numbers
really bad. Fixed.
- The current state of sched_ext can now be monitored through files
under /sys/sched_ext instead of /sys/kernel/debug/sched/ext. This is
to enable monitoring on kernels which don't enable debugfs.
- sched_ext wasn't telling BPF that ops.dispatch()'s @prev argument may
be NULL and a BPF scheduler which derefs the pointer without checking
could crash the kernel. Tell BPF. This is currently a bit ugly. A
better way to annotate this is expected in the future.
- scx_exit_info updated to carry pointers to message buffers instead of
embedding them directly. This decouples buffer sizes from API so that
they can be changed without breaking compatibility.
- exit_code added to scx_exit_info. This is used to indicate different
exit conditions on non-error exits and will be used to handle e.g. CPU
hotplugs.
- The patch "sched_ext: Allow BPF schedulers to switch all eligible
tasks into sched_ext" is folded in and the interface is changed so
that partial switching is indicated with a new ops flag
%SCX_OPS_SWITCH_PARTIAL. This makes scx_bpf_switch_all() unnecessasry
and in turn SCX_KF_INIT. ops.init() is now called with
SCX_KF_SLEEPABLE.
- Code reorganized so that only the parts necessary to integrate with
the rest of the kernel are in the header files.
- Changes to reflect the BPF and other kernel changes including the
addition of bpf_sched_ext_ops.cfi_stubs.
v5: - To accommodate 32bit configs, p->scx.ops_state is now atomic_long_t
instead of atomic64_t and scx_dsp_buf_ent.qseq which uses
load_acquire/store_release is now unsigned long instead of u64.
- Fix the bug where bpf_scx_btf_struct_access() was allowing write
access to arbitrary fields.
- Distinguish kfuncs which can be called from any sched_ext ops and from
anywhere. e.g. scx_bpf_pick_idle_cpu() can now be called only from
sched_ext ops.
- Rename "type" to "kind" in scx_exit_info to make it easier to use on
languages in which "type" is a reserved keyword.
- Since cff9b2332ab7 ("kernel/sched: Modify initial boot task idle
setup"), PF_IDLE is not set on idle tasks which haven't been online
yet which made scx_task_iter_next_filtered() include those idle tasks
in iterations leading to oopses. Update scx_task_iter_next_filtered()
to directly test p->sched_class against idle_sched_class instead of
using is_idle_task() which tests PF_IDLE.
- Other updates to match upstream changes such as adding const to
set_cpumask() param and renaming check_preempt_curr() to
wakeup_preempt().
v4: - SCHED_CHANGE_BLOCK replaced with the previous
sched_deq_and_put_task()/sched_enq_and_set_tsak() pair. This is
because upstream is adaopting a different generic cleanup mechanism.
Once that lands, the code will be adapted accordingly.
- task_on_scx() used to test whether a task should be switched into SCX,
which is confusing. Renamed to task_should_scx(). task_on_scx() now
tests whether a task is currently on SCX.
- scx_has_idle_cpus is barely used anymore and replaced with direct
check on the idle cpumask.
- SCX_PICK_IDLE_CORE added and scx_pick_idle_cpu() improved to prefer
fully idle cores.
- ops.enable() now sees up-to-date p->scx.weight value.
- ttwu_queue path is disabled for tasks on SCX to avoid confusing BPF
schedulers expecting ->select_cpu() call.
- Use cpu_smt_mask() instead of topology_sibling_cpumask() like the rest
of the scheduler.
v3: - ops.set_weight() added to allow BPF schedulers to track weight changes
without polling p->scx.weight.
- move_task_to_local_dsq() was losing SCX-specific enq_flags when
enqueueing the task on the target dsq because it goes through
activate_task() which loses the upper 32bit of the flags. Carry the
flags through rq->scx.extra_enq_flags.
- scx_bpf_dispatch(), scx_bpf_pick_idle_cpu(), scx_bpf_task_running()
and scx_bpf_task_cpu() now use the new KF_RCU instead of
KF_TRUSTED_ARGS to make it easier for BPF schedulers to call them.
- The kfunc helper access control mechanism implemented through
sched_ext_entity.kf_mask is improved. Now SCX_CALL_OP*() is always
used when invoking scx_ops operations.
v2: - balance_scx_on_up() is dropped. Instead, on UP, balance_scx() is
called from put_prev_taks_scx() and pick_next_task_scx() as necessary.
To determine whether balance_scx() should be called from
put_prev_task_scx(), SCX_TASK_DEQD_FOR_SLEEP flag is added. See the
comment in put_prev_task_scx() for details.
- sched_deq_and_put_task() / sched_enq_and_set_task() sequences replaced
with SCHED_CHANGE_BLOCK().
- Unused all_dsqs list removed. This was a left-over from previous
iterations.
- p->scx.kf_mask is added to track and enforce which kfunc helpers are
allowed. Also, init/exit sequences are updated to make some kfuncs
always safe to call regardless of the current BPF scheduler state.
Combined, this should make all the kfuncs safe.
- BPF now supports sleepable struct_ops operations. Hacky workaround
removed and operations and kfunc helpers are tagged appropriately.
- BPF now supports bitmask / cpumask helpers. scx_bpf_get_idle_cpumask()
and friends are added so that BPF schedulers can use the idle masks
with the generic helpers. This replaces the hacky kfunc helpers added
by a separate patch in V1.
- CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT can no longer be enabled if SCHED_CORE is
enabled. This restriction will be removed by a later patch which adds
core-sched support.
- Add MAINTAINERS entries and other misc changes.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Co-authored-by: David Vernet <dvernet@meta.com>
Acked-by: Josh Don <joshdon@google.com>
Acked-by: Hao Luo <haoluo@google.com>
Acked-by: Barret Rhoden <brho@google.com>
Cc: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@canonical.com>
2024-06-18 20:09:17 +00:00
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sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class
Implement a new scheduler class sched_ext (SCX), which allows scheduling
policies to be implemented as BPF programs to achieve the following:
1. Ease of experimentation and exploration: Enabling rapid iteration of new
scheduling policies.
2. Customization: Building application-specific schedulers which implement
policies that are not applicable to general-purpose schedulers.
3. Rapid scheduler deployments: Non-disruptive swap outs of scheduling
policies in production environments.
sched_ext leverages BPF’s struct_ops feature to define a structure which
exports function callbacks and flags to BPF programs that wish to implement
scheduling policies. The struct_ops structure exported by sched_ext is
struct sched_ext_ops, and is conceptually similar to struct sched_class. The
role of sched_ext is to map the complex sched_class callbacks to the more
simple and ergonomic struct sched_ext_ops callbacks.
For more detailed discussion on the motivations and overview, please refer
to the cover letter.
Later patches will also add several example schedulers and documentation.
This patch implements the minimum core framework to enable implementation of
BPF schedulers. Subsequent patches will gradually add functionalities
including safety guarantee mechanisms, nohz and cgroup support.
include/linux/sched/ext.h defines struct sched_ext_ops. With the comment on
top, each operation should be self-explanatory. The followings are worth
noting:
- Both "sched_ext" and its shorthand "scx" are used. If the identifier
already has "sched" in it, "ext" is used; otherwise, "scx".
- In sched_ext_ops, only .name is mandatory. Every operation is optional and
if omitted a simple but functional default behavior is provided.
- A new policy constant SCHED_EXT is added and a task can select sched_ext
by invoking sched_setscheduler(2) with the new policy constant. However,
if the BPF scheduler is not loaded, SCHED_EXT is the same as SCHED_NORMAL
and the task is scheduled by CFS. When the BPF scheduler is loaded, all
tasks which have the SCHED_EXT policy are switched to sched_ext.
- To bridge the workflow imbalance between the scheduler core and
sched_ext_ops callbacks, sched_ext uses simple FIFOs called dispatch
queues (dsq's). By default, there is one global dsq (SCX_DSQ_GLOBAL), and
one local per-CPU dsq (SCX_DSQ_LOCAL). SCX_DSQ_GLOBAL is provided for
convenience and need not be used by a scheduler that doesn't require it.
SCX_DSQ_LOCAL is the per-CPU FIFO that sched_ext pulls from when putting
the next task on the CPU. The BPF scheduler can manage an arbitrary number
of dsq's using scx_bpf_create_dsq() and scx_bpf_destroy_dsq().
- sched_ext guarantees system integrity no matter what the BPF scheduler
does. To enable this, each task's ownership is tracked through
p->scx.ops_state and all tasks are put on scx_tasks list. The disable path
can always recover and revert all tasks back to CFS. See p->scx.ops_state
and scx_tasks.
- A task is not tied to its rq while enqueued. This decouples CPU selection
from queueing and allows sharing a scheduling queue across an arbitrary
subset of CPUs. This adds some complexities as a task may need to be
bounced between rq's right before it starts executing. See
dispatch_to_local_dsq() and move_task_to_local_dsq().
- One complication that arises from the above weak association between task
and rq is that synchronizing with dequeue() gets complicated as dequeue()
may happen anytime while the task is enqueued and the dispatch path might
need to release the rq lock to transfer the task. Solving this requires a
bit of complexity. See the logic around p->scx.sticky_cpu and
p->scx.ops_qseq.
- Both enable and disable paths are a bit complicated. The enable path
switches all tasks without blocking to avoid issues which can arise from
partially switched states (e.g. the switching task itself being starved).
The disable path can't trust the BPF scheduler at all, so it also has to
guarantee forward progress without blocking. See scx_ops_enable() and
scx_ops_disable_workfn().
- When sched_ext is disabled, static_branches are used to shut down the
entry points from hot paths.
v7: - scx_ops_bypass() was incorrectly and unnecessarily trying to grab
scx_ops_enable_mutex which can lead to deadlocks in the disable path.
Fixed.
- Fixed TASK_DEAD handling bug in scx_ops_enable() path which could lead
to use-after-free.
- Consolidated per-cpu variable usages and other cleanups.
v6: - SCX_NR_ONLINE_OPS replaced with SCX_OPI_*_BEGIN/END so that multiple
groups can be expressed. Later CPU hotplug operations are put into
their own group.
- SCX_OPS_DISABLING state is replaced with the new bypass mechanism
which allows temporarily putting the system into simple FIFO
scheduling mode bypassing the BPF scheduler. In addition to the shut
down path, this will also be used to isolate the BPF scheduler across
PM events. Enabling and disabling the bypass mode requires iterating
all runnable tasks. rq->scx.runnable_list addition is moved from the
later watchdog patch.
- ops.prep_enable() is replaced with ops.init_task() and
ops.enable/disable() are now called whenever the task enters and
leaves sched_ext instead of when the task becomes schedulable on
sched_ext and stops being so. A new operation - ops.exit_task() - is
called when the task stops being schedulable on sched_ext.
- scx_bpf_dispatch() can now be called from ops.select_cpu() too. This
removes the need for communicating local dispatch decision made by
ops.select_cpu() to ops.enqueue() via per-task storage.
SCX_KF_SELECT_CPU is added to support the change.
- SCX_TASK_ENQ_LOCAL which told the BPF scheudler that
scx_select_cpu_dfl() wants the task to be dispatched to the local DSQ
was removed. Instead, scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl() now dispatches directly
if it finds a suitable idle CPU. If such behavior is not desired,
users can use scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl() which returns the verdict in a
bool out param.
- scx_select_cpu_dfl() was mishandling WAKE_SYNC and could end up
queueing many tasks on a local DSQ which makes tasks to execute in
order while other CPUs stay idle which made some hackbench numbers
really bad. Fixed.
- The current state of sched_ext can now be monitored through files
under /sys/sched_ext instead of /sys/kernel/debug/sched/ext. This is
to enable monitoring on kernels which don't enable debugfs.
- sched_ext wasn't telling BPF that ops.dispatch()'s @prev argument may
be NULL and a BPF scheduler which derefs the pointer without checking
could crash the kernel. Tell BPF. This is currently a bit ugly. A
better way to annotate this is expected in the future.
- scx_exit_info updated to carry pointers to message buffers instead of
embedding them directly. This decouples buffer sizes from API so that
they can be changed without breaking compatibility.
- exit_code added to scx_exit_info. This is used to indicate different
exit conditions on non-error exits and will be used to handle e.g. CPU
hotplugs.
- The patch "sched_ext: Allow BPF schedulers to switch all eligible
tasks into sched_ext" is folded in and the interface is changed so
that partial switching is indicated with a new ops flag
%SCX_OPS_SWITCH_PARTIAL. This makes scx_bpf_switch_all() unnecessasry
and in turn SCX_KF_INIT. ops.init() is now called with
SCX_KF_SLEEPABLE.
- Code reorganized so that only the parts necessary to integrate with
the rest of the kernel are in the header files.
- Changes to reflect the BPF and other kernel changes including the
addition of bpf_sched_ext_ops.cfi_stubs.
v5: - To accommodate 32bit configs, p->scx.ops_state is now atomic_long_t
instead of atomic64_t and scx_dsp_buf_ent.qseq which uses
load_acquire/store_release is now unsigned long instead of u64.
- Fix the bug where bpf_scx_btf_struct_access() was allowing write
access to arbitrary fields.
- Distinguish kfuncs which can be called from any sched_ext ops and from
anywhere. e.g. scx_bpf_pick_idle_cpu() can now be called only from
sched_ext ops.
- Rename "type" to "kind" in scx_exit_info to make it easier to use on
languages in which "type" is a reserved keyword.
- Since cff9b2332ab7 ("kernel/sched: Modify initial boot task idle
setup"), PF_IDLE is not set on idle tasks which haven't been online
yet which made scx_task_iter_next_filtered() include those idle tasks
in iterations leading to oopses. Update scx_task_iter_next_filtered()
to directly test p->sched_class against idle_sched_class instead of
using is_idle_task() which tests PF_IDLE.
- Other updates to match upstream changes such as adding const to
set_cpumask() param and renaming check_preempt_curr() to
wakeup_preempt().
v4: - SCHED_CHANGE_BLOCK replaced with the previous
sched_deq_and_put_task()/sched_enq_and_set_tsak() pair. This is
because upstream is adaopting a different generic cleanup mechanism.
Once that lands, the code will be adapted accordingly.
- task_on_scx() used to test whether a task should be switched into SCX,
which is confusing. Renamed to task_should_scx(). task_on_scx() now
tests whether a task is currently on SCX.
- scx_has_idle_cpus is barely used anymore and replaced with direct
check on the idle cpumask.
- SCX_PICK_IDLE_CORE added and scx_pick_idle_cpu() improved to prefer
fully idle cores.
- ops.enable() now sees up-to-date p->scx.weight value.
- ttwu_queue path is disabled for tasks on SCX to avoid confusing BPF
schedulers expecting ->select_cpu() call.
- Use cpu_smt_mask() instead of topology_sibling_cpumask() like the rest
of the scheduler.
v3: - ops.set_weight() added to allow BPF schedulers to track weight changes
without polling p->scx.weight.
- move_task_to_local_dsq() was losing SCX-specific enq_flags when
enqueueing the task on the target dsq because it goes through
activate_task() which loses the upper 32bit of the flags. Carry the
flags through rq->scx.extra_enq_flags.
- scx_bpf_dispatch(), scx_bpf_pick_idle_cpu(), scx_bpf_task_running()
and scx_bpf_task_cpu() now use the new KF_RCU instead of
KF_TRUSTED_ARGS to make it easier for BPF schedulers to call them.
- The kfunc helper access control mechanism implemented through
sched_ext_entity.kf_mask is improved. Now SCX_CALL_OP*() is always
used when invoking scx_ops operations.
v2: - balance_scx_on_up() is dropped. Instead, on UP, balance_scx() is
called from put_prev_taks_scx() and pick_next_task_scx() as necessary.
To determine whether balance_scx() should be called from
put_prev_task_scx(), SCX_TASK_DEQD_FOR_SLEEP flag is added. See the
comment in put_prev_task_scx() for details.
- sched_deq_and_put_task() / sched_enq_and_set_task() sequences replaced
with SCHED_CHANGE_BLOCK().
- Unused all_dsqs list removed. This was a left-over from previous
iterations.
- p->scx.kf_mask is added to track and enforce which kfunc helpers are
allowed. Also, init/exit sequences are updated to make some kfuncs
always safe to call regardless of the current BPF scheduler state.
Combined, this should make all the kfuncs safe.
- BPF now supports sleepable struct_ops operations. Hacky workaround
removed and operations and kfunc helpers are tagged appropriately.
- BPF now supports bitmask / cpumask helpers. scx_bpf_get_idle_cpumask()
and friends are added so that BPF schedulers can use the idle masks
with the generic helpers. This replaces the hacky kfunc helpers added
by a separate patch in V1.
- CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT can no longer be enabled if SCHED_CORE is
enabled. This restriction will be removed by a later patch which adds
core-sched support.
- Add MAINTAINERS entries and other misc changes.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Co-authored-by: David Vernet <dvernet@meta.com>
Acked-by: Josh Don <joshdon@google.com>
Acked-by: Hao Luo <haoluo@google.com>
Acked-by: Barret Rhoden <brho@google.com>
Cc: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@canonical.com>
2024-06-18 20:09:17 +00:00
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sched_ext: Implement BPF extensible scheduler class
Implement a new scheduler class sched_ext (SCX), which allows scheduling
policies to be implemented as BPF programs to achieve the following:
1. Ease of experimentation and exploration: Enabling rapid iteration of new
scheduling policies.
2. Customization: Building application-specific schedulers which implement
policies that are not applicable to general-purpose schedulers.
3. Rapid scheduler deployments: Non-disruptive swap outs of scheduling
policies in production environments.
sched_ext leverages BPF’s struct_ops feature to define a structure which
exports function callbacks and flags to BPF programs that wish to implement
scheduling policies. The struct_ops structure exported by sched_ext is
struct sched_ext_ops, and is conceptually similar to struct sched_class. The
role of sched_ext is to map the complex sched_class callbacks to the more
simple and ergonomic struct sched_ext_ops callbacks.
For more detailed discussion on the motivations and overview, please refer
to the cover letter.
Later patches will also add several example schedulers and documentation.
This patch implements the minimum core framework to enable implementation of
BPF schedulers. Subsequent patches will gradually add functionalities
including safety guarantee mechanisms, nohz and cgroup support.
include/linux/sched/ext.h defines struct sched_ext_ops. With the comment on
top, each operation should be self-explanatory. The followings are worth
noting:
- Both "sched_ext" and its shorthand "scx" are used. If the identifier
already has "sched" in it, "ext" is used; otherwise, "scx".
- In sched_ext_ops, only .name is mandatory. Every operation is optional and
if omitted a simple but functional default behavior is provided.
- A new policy constant SCHED_EXT is added and a task can select sched_ext
by invoking sched_setscheduler(2) with the new policy constant. However,
if the BPF scheduler is not loaded, SCHED_EXT is the same as SCHED_NORMAL
and the task is scheduled by CFS. When the BPF scheduler is loaded, all
tasks which have the SCHED_EXT policy are switched to sched_ext.
- To bridge the workflow imbalance between the scheduler core and
sched_ext_ops callbacks, sched_ext uses simple FIFOs called dispatch
queues (dsq's). By default, there is one global dsq (SCX_DSQ_GLOBAL), and
one local per-CPU dsq (SCX_DSQ_LOCAL). SCX_DSQ_GLOBAL is provided for
convenience and need not be used by a scheduler that doesn't require it.
SCX_DSQ_LOCAL is the per-CPU FIFO that sched_ext pulls from when putting
the next task on the CPU. The BPF scheduler can manage an arbitrary number
of dsq's using scx_bpf_create_dsq() and scx_bpf_destroy_dsq().
- sched_ext guarantees system integrity no matter what the BPF scheduler
does. To enable this, each task's ownership is tracked through
p->scx.ops_state and all tasks are put on scx_tasks list. The disable path
can always recover and revert all tasks back to CFS. See p->scx.ops_state
and scx_tasks.
- A task is not tied to its rq while enqueued. This decouples CPU selection
from queueing and allows sharing a scheduling queue across an arbitrary
subset of CPUs. This adds some complexities as a task may need to be
bounced between rq's right before it starts executing. See
dispatch_to_local_dsq() and move_task_to_local_dsq().
- One complication that arises from the above weak association between task
and rq is that synchronizing with dequeue() gets complicated as dequeue()
may happen anytime while the task is enqueued and the dispatch path might
need to release the rq lock to transfer the task. Solving this requires a
bit of complexity. See the logic around p->scx.sticky_cpu and
p->scx.ops_qseq.
- Both enable and disable paths are a bit complicated. The enable path
switches all tasks without blocking to avoid issues which can arise from
partially switched states (e.g. the switching task itself being starved).
The disable path can't trust the BPF scheduler at all, so it also has to
guarantee forward progress without blocking. See scx_ops_enable() and
scx_ops_disable_workfn().
- When sched_ext is disabled, static_branches are used to shut down the
entry points from hot paths.
v7: - scx_ops_bypass() was incorrectly and unnecessarily trying to grab
scx_ops_enable_mutex which can lead to deadlocks in the disable path.
Fixed.
- Fixed TASK_DEAD handling bug in scx_ops_enable() path which could lead
to use-after-free.
- Consolidated per-cpu variable usages and other cleanups.
v6: - SCX_NR_ONLINE_OPS replaced with SCX_OPI_*_BEGIN/END so that multiple
groups can be expressed. Later CPU hotplug operations are put into
their own group.
- SCX_OPS_DISABLING state is replaced with the new bypass mechanism
which allows temporarily putting the system into simple FIFO
scheduling mode bypassing the BPF scheduler. In addition to the shut
down path, this will also be used to isolate the BPF scheduler across
PM events. Enabling and disabling the bypass mode requires iterating
all runnable tasks. rq->scx.runnable_list addition is moved from the
later watchdog patch.
- ops.prep_enable() is replaced with ops.init_task() and
ops.enable/disable() are now called whenever the task enters and
leaves sched_ext instead of when the task becomes schedulable on
sched_ext and stops being so. A new operation - ops.exit_task() - is
called when the task stops being schedulable on sched_ext.
- scx_bpf_dispatch() can now be called from ops.select_cpu() too. This
removes the need for communicating local dispatch decision made by
ops.select_cpu() to ops.enqueue() via per-task storage.
SCX_KF_SELECT_CPU is added to support the change.
- SCX_TASK_ENQ_LOCAL which told the BPF scheudler that
scx_select_cpu_dfl() wants the task to be dispatched to the local DSQ
was removed. Instead, scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl() now dispatches directly
if it finds a suitable idle CPU. If such behavior is not desired,
users can use scx_bpf_select_cpu_dfl() which returns the verdict in a
bool out param.
- scx_select_cpu_dfl() was mishandling WAKE_SYNC and could end up
queueing many tasks on a local DSQ which makes tasks to execute in
order while other CPUs stay idle which made some hackbench numbers
really bad. Fixed.
- The current state of sched_ext can now be monitored through files
under /sys/sched_ext instead of /sys/kernel/debug/sched/ext. This is
to enable monitoring on kernels which don't enable debugfs.
- sched_ext wasn't telling BPF that ops.dispatch()'s @prev argument may
be NULL and a BPF scheduler which derefs the pointer without checking
could crash the kernel. Tell BPF. This is currently a bit ugly. A
better way to annotate this is expected in the future.
- scx_exit_info updated to carry pointers to message buffers instead of
embedding them directly. This decouples buffer sizes from API so that
they can be changed without breaking compatibility.
- exit_code added to scx_exit_info. This is used to indicate different
exit conditions on non-error exits and will be used to handle e.g. CPU
hotplugs.
- The patch "sched_ext: Allow BPF schedulers to switch all eligible
tasks into sched_ext" is folded in and the interface is changed so
that partial switching is indicated with a new ops flag
%SCX_OPS_SWITCH_PARTIAL. This makes scx_bpf_switch_all() unnecessasry
and in turn SCX_KF_INIT. ops.init() is now called with
SCX_KF_SLEEPABLE.
- Code reorganized so that only the parts necessary to integrate with
the rest of the kernel are in the header files.
- Changes to reflect the BPF and other kernel changes including the
addition of bpf_sched_ext_ops.cfi_stubs.
v5: - To accommodate 32bit configs, p->scx.ops_state is now atomic_long_t
instead of atomic64_t and scx_dsp_buf_ent.qseq which uses
load_acquire/store_release is now unsigned long instead of u64.
- Fix the bug where bpf_scx_btf_struct_access() was allowing write
access to arbitrary fields.
- Distinguish kfuncs which can be called from any sched_ext ops and from
anywhere. e.g. scx_bpf_pick_idle_cpu() can now be called only from
sched_ext ops.
- Rename "type" to "kind" in scx_exit_info to make it easier to use on
languages in which "type" is a reserved keyword.
- Since cff9b2332ab7 ("kernel/sched: Modify initial boot task idle
setup"), PF_IDLE is not set on idle tasks which haven't been online
yet which made scx_task_iter_next_filtered() include those idle tasks
in iterations leading to oopses. Update scx_task_iter_next_filtered()
to directly test p->sched_class against idle_sched_class instead of
using is_idle_task() which tests PF_IDLE.
- Other updates to match upstream changes such as adding const to
set_cpumask() param and renaming check_preempt_curr() to
wakeup_preempt().
v4: - SCHED_CHANGE_BLOCK replaced with the previous
sched_deq_and_put_task()/sched_enq_and_set_tsak() pair. This is
because upstream is adaopting a different generic cleanup mechanism.
Once that lands, the code will be adapted accordingly.
- task_on_scx() used to test whether a task should be switched into SCX,
which is confusing. Renamed to task_should_scx(). task_on_scx() now
tests whether a task is currently on SCX.
- scx_has_idle_cpus is barely used anymore and replaced with direct
check on the idle cpumask.
- SCX_PICK_IDLE_CORE added and scx_pick_idle_cpu() improved to prefer
fully idle cores.
- ops.enable() now sees up-to-date p->scx.weight value.
- ttwu_queue path is disabled for tasks on SCX to avoid confusing BPF
schedulers expecting ->select_cpu() call.
- Use cpu_smt_mask() instead of topology_sibling_cpumask() like the rest
of the scheduler.
v3: - ops.set_weight() added to allow BPF schedulers to track weight changes
without polling p->scx.weight.
- move_task_to_local_dsq() was losing SCX-specific enq_flags when
enqueueing the task on the target dsq because it goes through
activate_task() which loses the upper 32bit of the flags. Carry the
flags through rq->scx.extra_enq_flags.
- scx_bpf_dispatch(), scx_bpf_pick_idle_cpu(), scx_bpf_task_running()
and scx_bpf_task_cpu() now use the new KF_RCU instead of
KF_TRUSTED_ARGS to make it easier for BPF schedulers to call them.
- The kfunc helper access control mechanism implemented through
sched_ext_entity.kf_mask is improved. Now SCX_CALL_OP*() is always
used when invoking scx_ops operations.
v2: - balance_scx_on_up() is dropped. Instead, on UP, balance_scx() is
called from put_prev_taks_scx() and pick_next_task_scx() as necessary.
To determine whether balance_scx() should be called from
put_prev_task_scx(), SCX_TASK_DEQD_FOR_SLEEP flag is added. See the
comment in put_prev_task_scx() for details.
- sched_deq_and_put_task() / sched_enq_and_set_task() sequences replaced
with SCHED_CHANGE_BLOCK().
- Unused all_dsqs list removed. This was a left-over from previous
iterations.
- p->scx.kf_mask is added to track and enforce which kfunc helpers are
allowed. Also, init/exit sequences are updated to make some kfuncs
always safe to call regardless of the current BPF scheduler state.
Combined, this should make all the kfuncs safe.
- BPF now supports sleepable struct_ops operations. Hacky workaround
removed and operations and kfunc helpers are tagged appropriately.
- BPF now supports bitmask / cpumask helpers. scx_bpf_get_idle_cpumask()
and friends are added so that BPF schedulers can use the idle masks
with the generic helpers. This replaces the hacky kfunc helpers added
by a separate patch in V1.
- CONFIG_SCHED_CLASS_EXT can no longer be enabled if SCHED_CORE is
enabled. This restriction will be removed by a later patch which adds
core-sched support.
- Add MAINTAINERS entries and other misc changes.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Co-authored-by: David Vernet <dvernet@meta.com>
Acked-by: Josh Don <joshdon@google.com>
Acked-by: Hao Luo <haoluo@google.com>
Acked-by: Barret Rhoden <brho@google.com>
Cc: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@canonical.com>
2024-06-18 20:09:17 +00:00
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